Evolution CMS 2.0 Beta and the Shift to Migration-Driven Development

Some platform shifts are best understood not through the final release notes, but through the development practices that start becoming normal before release. This Evo 2.0 beta note is important because it shows exactly that kind of transition: migrations, seeded data, and configuration-driven references were becoming part of the recommended workflow.

That matters because it changes how teams build projects. Instead of hard-coding resource IDs everywhere, the direction was to create content in migrations, store stable keys in configuration, and let templates and snippets depend on those keys rather than fragile numeric references.

Why this belongs in the release timeline

• it shows a real workflow shift, not just a version milestone
• it documents the move toward migration-driven Evo projects
• it helps explain why later Evo 2 and Evo 3 setups felt more structured

Source: Telegram post and the Evolution CMS repository.